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The article provides information on aspects related to privacy of student data managed by school librarians. Topics discussed include views of Rigele Abilock, President at student research platform Noodletools Inc. on the same, online learning techniques adopted by school librarians, and digital citizenship education.

The article discusses a teaching recipe that promises to consistently engage students in open-minded inquiry and yield high-quality learning for students. Topics covered include infographics as engaging alternative products of research, the need to model the student's search process for the teacher in order to gain teacher buy-in for reworking their assignments, and the five elements that must address the student's working questions when creating an argument infographic.

The article focuses on series of judgment calls that end in a summative assessment of credibility for librarians for teaching evaluation on students as inquiry. It presents a model for credibility assessment which is an iterative process and is based on several factors. It refers to Wikipedia's list of projects, Wikimedia 2009c, for ideas on teaching evaluation from educators.

This article attempts to guide students to do honest work and avoid plagiarism. As stated, gifted students are perceived as capable, motivated learners who think independently and have little reason to plagiarize. Avoiding assignments that lack critical thinking and inquiry learning is reportedly one of the most important ways to address academic dishonesty. It is urged that parents and teachers need to reframe plagiarism prevention not as character education focused on developing personality traits but as ethics education.

The article discusses various reports published within the May/June 2008 issue of the journal "Knowledge Quest," including one on the value of storytelling in elementary schools and another on the capability of storytelling to enhance comprehension, strategy development, thinking skills and content-area knowledge of the students.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Jim Kemp on teaching students to develop spatial understanding through inquiry and critical thinking and another by Lynn Liben on her research about cognitive development of young children in understanding maps.

The author reflects on the associated questions to explore the implemented intellectual freedom in the professional discourse. She stresses that such questions include the must for transparency of the selection policy through regular evaluation of the references, adoption of actions that ensure protection among students and the First Amendment, and necessary guidelines for assisting students in understanding global censorship. Further, the must to confront deeply held beliefs is included.

The article presents the author's discussion that could help teacher-librarians in making decisions about how and which assessments to use in evaluating student learning in the U.S. According to the author, librarians are facing the challenge on what to choose among the evaluation strategies in such a way that they will be satisfied with their final decisions. She discusses ways on how to assess the students and provides knowledge on what to assess and why should students be evaluated.

The author reflects on the steps to achieve an effective vocabulary instruction in the U.S. First, she discusses the importance of teaching students the process of understanding complex concepts to redesign the shape that suits the visual preferences. The author also compares related words to identify its differences. Lastly, she details the significance of creating or experimenting words.

The article discusses on six teaching approaches that could be applied to civic education specifically on equity and social justice. Approaches include: classroom instruction in government, history, law, and democracy; discussion of current issues; service learning; extracurricular activities; listening to student's opinions; and simulating civic structure and processes.

The article presents the author's views on the journal "Knowledge Quest." The journal is devoted to offering substantive information to assist building-level library media specialists, supervisors, library educators, and other decision makers concerned with the development of school library media programs and services. The topics discussed in the journal address the integration of theory and practice in school librarianship and new developments in education, learning theory, and relevant disciplines. The articles in the journal have steadily increased and now represent 50 to 60 percent of the publication. INSET: Focus Questions for the 2005-2006 Cycle..

The article offers information on the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NET-S) released by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) in 2007. It notes the key areas of NET-S including creativity and innovation, critical thinking and decision making. It also mentions the issuance of the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) which involves the ways on how to integrate educational technology on the learning process of the students.

The author discusses the significance of developing ethics policy in schools, with emphasis on involving the community in constructive policies about handling plagiarism. The author argues that students should learn to use school libraries and conduct lessons on notetaking, paraphrasing and citing sources with specific grade-level projects. Moreover, schools that implement such policy is expected to gain benefits as it establishes civic knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

The article presents views of the author about library media programs in schools. As the administrator of an effective library media program, the task of the author is to supervise a facility that offers systematic access to information for learning and to orchestrate "comprehensive and collaborative long-range strategic planning" so that students become independent learners and information literate citizens. To achieve bottom-line administrative effectiveness. One can argue that providing access to resources is the basic mission of a school library.

Focuses on the database culture of libraries in the U.S. Online catalog records; Navigation of visitors to libraries' Web page.

Focuses on information literacy from kindergarten through graduate school. Teaching information literacy as enthralling work and understanding that it is a transformational process; Evaluation and use of information for personal, social or global purposes; Creation of a classroom of respect where students can draw on their intuitive understandings.

The article focuses on the initial restoration project with fourth and fifth graders under the American forestry curriculum. It states that students created plans for habitat restoration in the campus following two habitat explorations during fieldtrips. It adds that the project enhances the campus for wildlife habitat and it enhances the student's ability to accurately map the campus and document data for habitat's natural and unnatural changes over time.

Provides strategies for conference goers. Collection of catalogs and software from exhibits, copies of journals and magazines, handouts from workshops and brochures from site visits; Items that need to bring during conferences; Need to engage in a conversation with a complete stranger, either in a booth, or at a session or meeting.

In this article the author presents her experience of a visit to the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to see the alpine tundra flower. At first glance it looked like Mars, rocky and barren. Biologically adapted to protect themselves from the bitter winds, these low, hardy plants were protected by the park's signs, which cautioned visitors not to tread on the tundra, since some of these plants would flower only after years of protected growth. In today's cold climate of flawed, scientifically based practice, these alpine flowers are struggling to survive in an inhospitable landscape.

Describes the reactions of several school librarians in the U.S. on the alternative terms used to designate their functions. Reference to school librarians as library media specialists, information specialist, distance learning coordinator and teacher-librarian; Other roles as instructional partner, information specialist and program administrator.

Presents the conference listings of the National Professional Organizations in the U.S. Alliance for a Media Literate America; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Association of Physics Teachers; American Historical Association; American Library Association; Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

The article presents a teacher's tool for lessons in seeking inquiries and looking at the details of a map. It guides and directs the teacher on the processes and activities of the lesson. The guide is presented in question types with instructions and is expected to engage the students in the lesson and motivates student participation as it can trigger open-ended class discussions.

The author reflects on the need of students to be proficient in cross-cultural studies. She said that some students are culturally blind because of the lack of information about other cultures and some even display cultural destructiveness who discriminate other cultures. She added that this can be solved through the combined efforts of educators, nations and international institutions that will teach each student to value the culture of others.